What are you doing for fun??

Tillycat, Glad you are having fun!  Sometimes, you just have to take the meds  :0  Then go enjoy.  I do that myself sometimes.  I think that at this point, its just fine.  Enjoying life is important. 

For My Girls, My daughter used to live in Burbank.  We went to Disney often.  Its fun .  Did you have one of those very fattening, huge awsome looking pineapple whips?  I've never had one!  Well, I mooch some off of my grandaughter, from time to time, but never had my own.  Which rides did you brave?

went on a 8 day 8 state road trip with 3 other girlfriends . even had t-shirts made. we went to corn palace in south dakota, band lands, black hills, rushmore, bozeman montana, and yellowstone. it was a grea trip. if i wasnt feeling well i could sight see out the car window!  so it was a perfect trip. made it till last day. saw the titans from the car..lol  but they r big enough to see from the car. lol  i have easy road trips planned, and i get together with friends and play games and laugh. i have kept the people who want to go through this with me with as much joy as we can muster up very close to me, the others have entered my outer circle. lol  gotta do what you can when you r feeling good..keep going girls.. God bless

Splash Mountain!  Oh my gosh, how much fun is that?  Hoping I'll do that one again.

Susan, Your trip sounds like a great adventure.  I'm so with you on do what you can while you are feeling good.  It just makes sense, doesn't it?

Beautiful scenery, 8-state road trip, hot-air balloons, wow!

Had a fun garden party for my senior exercise group after our class. Love an excuse to drink something bubbly in the morning.

nancy, spectacular scenery

Looks like a beautiful place and a great group, Nancy! They are all quite amazing...24 mile hike...wow. Glad you got to meet up with them.



When I have to return to MDAnderson for my clinical trial third week of Sept., my DH and I will leave from there (Houston) and go to Florida for a week. Going to stay on the beach in Ft Lauderdale. We have some very good friends in Florida whom we will spend time with while there. Looking forward to seeing them and having some fun. Maybe just forget about the Big C for awhile.

Susan,

Here are a few off-the-beaten tourist path suggestions from a virtual DC native. They're never mobbed and they're all free!

Head to the wonderful National Portrait Gallery and the Museum of American Art in Penn Quarter, several blocks north of the Mall. They are my favorite museums, and linked together by a gorgeous glass-roofed atrium which is a low-key place to sit and regroup. When you get hungry, there are many good restaurants in the immediate vicinity: Oyamel, Jaleo and Zaytina are standouts. 

The Folger Shakespeare Library and the Library of Congress are both on Capitol Hill. They always have interesting exhibits and are never crowded. The stunning U.S. Botanical Garden is immediately south of the Capitol grounds.

The huge Udvar-Hazy Center of the Air and Space Museum is near Dulles Airport, just a short trip from the city. It has amazing holdings that include the Enola Gay, the Discovery space shuttle, satellites, the Blackbird spy plane, the Concord and much more. You can self-guide, but I recommend getting a free personalized tour from one of the docents, most of whom are ex-military and commercial pilots.

I could go on and on. I love my adopted city and hope you have a fabulous time on your visit! 

Tina

Well, we are back. I have new shoes since we walked SO many miles, my trusty Birkenstocks cracked and gave me blisters on the bottom of my feet.

Wishing I had read Tina's notes, since I was mighty disappointed not to see the Shuttle. But backing up, we arrived Saturday morning at 8am and found some breakfast at Union Station. Enjoyed the Capital building before walking far too long for an orange subway stop. Cruised to Foggy Bottom and checked into the hotel. The wedding was in a lovely church and the reception was at a function room with the most glorious view of DC. I admit it. I was dreading this wedding. But, the children of Mr. Musicians are Evil have turned out great!! I had the best time talking with them, and I expect that they will all begin to visit Boston. They assumed that they would not be welcome because that is what Daddy Evil had told them. [argh!] The bride is a smart girl, her parents were lovely, my husband's only invited first cousin is one of my favorite people... I had a ball!

Sunday we were joined by our daughter and her boyfriend, who she now introduces as her partner, at the Foggy Bottom Whole Foods. We packed a lunch and walked directly South to the Lincoln Memorial. We went through the Vietman Memorial [man was that hard to see all those names], the WW2 monument and then cut over to do the loop around the tidal basin. So much fun to see the cherry trees in real life, then MLK, FDR [one of my favorite sights of all] and Jefferson. We had our lunch at one of the many park benches. Many well-trained squirrels competed for our scraps.

Then the walk to the Holocaust Museum. That was it for me! My feet were blistered on the bottoms in three different places, so we headed back to Foggy Bottom. Though we had planned on going to Ris for dinner, none of us wanted such a fancy dinner so we went to Circa. Close to the hotel so we could all take a refresher shower, it was perfect for how we felt.

Monday I switched to my "dress" sandals, cheap $30 footwear, and we were off again. Air & Space, Castle, gardens, then the Native American which I loved. We ate at the Mitsuma cafe which was perfect, and delicious! I bought both Native American cookbooks in the gift store. I must make that sweet potato soup. My life will not be fulfilled without it. By now, the tops of my feet had broken blisters from my cheepo shoes, so we headed back to Union Station and bought a new pair of rugged sandals at the Comfort Shoe store. We then walked to the White House testing these new shoes to the max. We just bought some bread and cheese from the Whole Foods for dinner and collapsed into bed.

Tuesday, armed with bandaids on my feet, we went to the American Art museum. Tina is right. This is a really nice museum. The courtyard was the perfect place to pull out our bottle of water and rest our feet. Lunch was our big splurge meal. Though I really wanted to go to Jaleo, I have a huge chef-crush on José Andres, my husband really preferred "that modern Indian place." So that is where we went- Rasika. I chose the one in the Penn Qtr since they have a tandori oven. Boy did we splurge! We started with the Lamb roll [roti] and Palak Chaat. The Chaat was one of the most amazing things I have ever eaten. This will not be recreated at home, I am afraid. Crispy chickpea flour coated spinach with yogurt, tamarind date chutney... oh my goodness! Our mains were the tandori mixed grill, dal makhani and the Indian eggplants with some rice. I would go to this restaurant regularly if I lived in the area. It was so very delicious, complex flavors that were properly balanced.

Back to the hotel to pick up our luggage and we were off to the airport. Sadly, there was WEATHER and we were delayed over two hours. Thank goodness we had had a good lunch. Neither of us had to succumb to the paltry offerings in our terminal.

I had so dreaded this trip, and we had the very best time. As always, glad to be back in my own house. Nothing beats your own bed for a good night's sleep. 

I decided that no matter how worried or slightly nauseous I get, I am still going to plan for fun.  I mean, I just have to!

So, this Sunday, I'm going to meet my oldest daughter and her baby kids down at Lambs Farm.  They will ride ponies and pet animals.  And we will have a old fashioned comfort food lunch.  Weather is predicted as 72 and sunny.

Next Thursday, I go out to sunny calli to be with my other daughter and Isa, my 14 year old grandaughter.  Can't wait for that.

So, decided had I not looked at those scans, how would I feel?  I'd feel excited for these two events.  So, I decided to stop being a baby and get out there and have some fun

due to spine meds I can't walk and have a small electric scooter to get about. I Love racing other scooter users in the local park, or ever chasing my grang children. This aways causes great laughter as they can all run faster that my scooter can move -but granny has to win.

We are  planning a visit to disney land Paris, next October. We can't afford the insurance for visiting USA, plus we wil be going by self drive- so no weight limit for the bags. LOL

On Monday we set off for a two week break in Harrogate, Yorkshire , England.

In 2021 my DD wil be married 25 years and five weeks later we will celebrate our 50th. So the four of use are planning a big joint party, with as many of the original wedding guests as can be tracked down. I'm really looking forward to it.

Harvey 

going wedding dress shoping with my daughter tomorrow

thanks caryn i will. let you know if we find "the one"

Susan,

How is your hand? 

I'm getting ready to take a walk today.  The sun is shining but its cold.  Autumn is not my favorite season.  Hate the creeping in cold!  So many of my customers tell me how much they love love love autumn.  I secretly think ...are you nuts?  However, I must admit the colors are breathtaking right now.  Many of the leaves are turning gold, rust and red.  Kind of takes my breath away.  So, today, I'm going to put on a sweater and take a long walk.

OMG!!  A zipline tour? That sounds like so much fun surfdreams!  I'm going to have to look into that.  I did a zipline ride at the State Fair and loved it.

Lately I've been riding a lot.  I found a great riding buddy.  She and I are going through our second childhoods on horseback. 

My Greatniece is being raised by my SIL (her Grandma).  Grandma is my husbands sister, and is stage IV with mets to her liver.  She has been Stage IV for over 11 years.  My Greatniece helps Grandma a lot, and helps take care of her brother a lot. 

We invited my GN to come over and ride my friends pony. While she was riding Dice I really couldn't tell if she was having a good time. I asked her, and she said yes, but not in a convincing way. When Grandma came to get her she dismounted and walked away. I had already cooked up the plan with my friend that if she liked the pony I would take him.

I rode with my friend back to her pasture and told her I didn't think it worked, I didn't think my GN   was hooked. Later I posted the pic on fb. Grandma  posted that it had been a long
quiet ride home.  GN  was in love. I wrote back that all girls' first love should be a horse So of course I had to get Dice! 

There are a lot of things she will never have, but a pony is something I CAN give her! I'm so excited. She finds out tomorrow!

Sounds like fun to me littlecatsfeel!